TALE 21

Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast?

Persons

Ndemi (Bat) and his Mother Joba (The Sun) Vyâdu (Antelope) Hako (Ants) Other Animals and Birds

NOTE

In Tropical Africa, it is not usual to retain a corpse unburied as long as 24 hours. Bat retained his mother’s corpse too long. The “Driver” Ants of that country are natural scavengers.

A reason why bats are not seen in the day time:—Also, why they make their plaintive cry at night, as if they were calling for their mother.